Cost

It costs £395 for you as a couple for your exclusive use of the studio for the day, including all tools and expertise. A lovely lunch will be provided, photos will be taken throughout the day, and a bottle of prosecco at the end to celebrate is also included.

Additional to this is the cost of your raw material. 

Donna can discuss material costs and options before you make your booking. Below is a rough price guide for the precious metals available. The prices here range from the smallest to the largest rings, in size and dimensions. Once Donna has all the details of the rings you'd like to make, she can then give you a more accurate price for your gold.

The price of your metal varies depending on which metal you choose.

Price guide of metals

Based on a 2 - 4mm width ladies wedding band and 4 - 6mm band for a gents wedding band.

9ct white, yellow or rose gold

Ladies wedding band: £130- £250
Mens wedding band: £250- £495

18ct yellow gold

Ladies wedding band: £250 - £600
Mens wedding band: £500 - £1200

18ct white gold

Ladies wedding band: £350 - £700
Mens wedding band: £600 - £1350

Other metals & casting

Some precious metals can be very difficult to work with or may not be available to us in bullion. In these cases, we would use the casting process. This is where we would make silver rings on the day, from start to finish. We would then send them off to a casting company where your rings will be cast into exact replicas in the metal of your choice (see options below). You would of course be able to keep your silver rings too, which will be returned to you exactly how you left them. Casting costs approximately £135 per ring (£155 per ring for a hammered/textured finish), on top of the cost of your metal. A few small pounds for your silver, plus any postage costs (usually up to £30) is also extra. Casting takes four to five weeks.

Below are the metals we would need to use the casting process for. All metals used for casting are 100% recycled.

14ct white, yellow or rose gold

Ladies wedding band: £150 - £350
Mens wedding band: £300 - £600
Plus casting costs of £135 per ring

18ct rose gold

Ladies wedding band: £250 - £500
Mens wedding band: £450 - £900
Plus casting costs of £135 per ring

Platinum

Ladies wedding band: £250 - £550
Mens wedding band: £500 - £1100
Plus casting costs of £135 per ring

Palladium

Ladies wedding band: £400 - £700
Mens wedding band: £700 - £1300
Plus casting costs of £135 per ring

All cast metals are 100% recycled.

Fairtrade Gold

If you would like to make your rings in Fairtade gold, we can also use the casting process for this. Donna is a registered jeweller under the Fairtrade Goldsmith’s Scheme.

Extras

Hallmarking, engraving and rhodium plating are available on request at an extra cost (see below). Precious stones such as diamonds or rubies can also be set flush within the bands at an extra cost.

Hallmarking: £60 for two rings of the same metal (or carat of gold) or £70 for two rings that are different metals.

Hallmarking takes approx 1 week.

Engraving: £40- £50 per ring for a choice of five standard fonts. These are:-

Times New Roman, Ariel, Book Antiqua, English 157 BT, Typo3

If you have a particular font in mind (not on the standard list), it may cost a little extra.

Engraving takes 1 - 2 weeks

Rhodium Plating: £40 for one ring or £50 for two rings

Rhodium plating takes approx 2 weeks.

Stone setting: £20 per setting plus the cost of your stones, plus postage costs (up to £25).

Stone setting takes 1 - 2 weeks.

There is an extra charge of £10 for postage if they need to be posted back to you.